SYSYN v. STATE

No. 4D99-0696.

756 So.2d 1058 (2000)

Sandra SYSYN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

April 12, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick C. Rastatter of Glass & Rastatter, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Melynda L. Melear, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


KLEIN, J.

We affirm appellant's conviction for first-degree premeditated murder. We address one issue she raises: whether the trial court erred in not permitting an expert to render an opinion known as a "psychological autopsy." The opinion would have been to the effect that the victim was suicidal. The defendant would then have argued, based on that opinion, that the victim was bringing about her own death.

Appellant gave a statement to the police which was...

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